diff --git a/cargo/private/cargo_build_script_runner/bin.rs b/cargo/private/cargo_build_script_runner/bin.rs
index 79c6afd1a..40370c909 100644
--- a/cargo/private/cargo_build_script_runner/bin.rs
+++ b/cargo/private/cargo_build_script_runner/bin.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,87 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, read_dir, read_to_string, remove_file, write};
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;

 use cargo_build_script_runner::cargo_manifest_dir::{remove_symlink, symlink, RunfilesMaker};
 use cargo_build_script_runner::{BuildScriptOutput, CompileAndLinkFlags};

+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn normalize_windows_relative_path(path: &str) -> String {
+    path.replace('/', "\\")
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn normalize_windows_relative_path(path: &str) -> String {
+    path.to_owned()
+}
+
+fn exec_root_join(exec_root: &Path, relative: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    exec_root.join(normalize_windows_relative_path(relative))
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+#[link(name = "Kernel32")]
+unsafe extern "system" {
+    fn GetShortPathNameW(lpszLongPath: *const u16, lpszShortPath: *mut u16, cchBuffer: u32) -> u32;
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn windows_extended_length_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let path = path.as_os_str().to_string_lossy();
+    if path.starts_with(r"\\?\") {
+        PathBuf::from(path.to_string())
+    } else if let Some(stripped) = path.strip_prefix(r"\\") {
+        PathBuf::from(format!(r"\\?\UNC\{stripped}"))
+    } else {
+        PathBuf::from(format!(r"\\?\{path}"))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn shorten_windows_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+
+    let long_path = windows_extended_length_path(path);
+    let long_path = long_path
+        .as_os_str()
+        .encode_wide()
+        .chain(Some(0))
+        .collect::<Vec<u16>>();
+
+    unsafe {
+        let required = GetShortPathNameW(long_path.as_ptr(), std::ptr::null_mut(), 0);
+        if required == 0 {
+            return path.to_owned();
+        }
+
+        let mut short_path = vec![0u16; required as usize];
+        let written = GetShortPathNameW(long_path.as_ptr(), short_path.as_mut_ptr(), required);
+        if written == 0 {
+            path.to_owned()
+        } else {
+            let short_path = PathBuf::from(
+                <std::ffi::OsString as std::os::windows::ffi::OsStringExt>::from_wide(
+                    &short_path[..written as usize],
+                ),
+            );
+            PathBuf::from(
+                short_path
+                    .as_os_str()
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .trim_start_matches(r"\\?\")
+                    .to_string(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn shorten_windows_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    path.to_owned()
+}
+
 fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {
     // We use exec_root.join rather than std::fs::canonicalize, to avoid resolving symlinks, as
     // some execution strategies and remote execution environments may use symlinks in ways which
@@ -31,10 +106,12 @@ fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {
     // directory - resolving these may cause tools which inspect $0, or try to resolve files
     // relative to themselves, to fail.
     let exec_root = env::current_dir().expect("Failed to get current directory");
-    let manifest_dir_env = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR was not set");
-    let rustc_env = env::var("RUSTC").expect("RUSTC was not set");
-    let manifest_dir = exec_root.join(manifest_dir_env);
-    let rustc = exec_root.join(&rustc_env);
+    let manifest_dir_env = normalize_windows_relative_path(
+        &env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR was not set"),
+    );
+    let rustc_env = normalize_windows_relative_path(&env::var("RUSTC").expect("RUSTC was not set"));
+    let manifest_dir = exec_root_join(&exec_root, &manifest_dir_env);
+    let rustc = shorten_windows_path(&exec_root_join(&exec_root, &rustc_env));
     let Args {
         progname,
         crate_links,
@@ -52,7 +129,7 @@ fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {

     cargo_manifest_maker.create_runfiles_dir().unwrap();

-    let out_dir_abs = exec_root.join(&out_dir);
+    let out_dir_abs = shorten_windows_path(&exec_root_join(&exec_root, &out_dir));
     // For some reason Google's RBE does not create the output directory, force create it.
     create_dir_all(&out_dir_abs)
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Failed to make output directory: {:?}", out_dir_abs));
@@ -84,11 +161,12 @@ fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {
     let target_env_vars =
         get_target_env_vars(&rustc_env).expect("Error getting target env vars from rustc");

-    let mut command = Command::new(exec_root.join(progname));
+    let mut command = Command::new(exec_root_join(&exec_root, &progname));
     command
-        .current_dir(&manifest_dir)
+        .current_dir(shorten_windows_path(&manifest_dir))
         .envs(target_env_vars)
         .env("OUT_DIR", &out_dir_abs)
+        .env("RULES_RUST_BAZEL_BUILD_SCRIPT_RUNNER", "1")
         .env("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR", manifest_dir)
         .env("RUSTC", rustc)
         .env("RUST_BACKTRACE", "full");
@@ -118,7 +196,10 @@ fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {

     for tool_env_var in &["CC", "CXX", "LD"] {
         if let Some(tool_path) = env::var_os(tool_env_var) {
-            command.env(tool_env_var, exec_root.join(tool_path));
+            command.env(
+                tool_env_var,
+                exec_root_join(&exec_root, &tool_path.to_string_lossy()),
+            );
         }
     }

@@ -134,6 +215,6 @@ fn run_buildrs() -> Result<(), String> {
             command.env_remove("AR");
             command.env_remove("ARFLAGS");
         } else {
-            command.env("AR", exec_root.join(ar_path));
+            command.env("AR", exec_root_join(&exec_root, &ar_path.to_string_lossy()));
         }
     }